economy. and if companies just are going to sit on cash, they're going to lose. they're gonna lose, because only the people that are going to invest their way through this crisis are going to win. >> immelt is also supporting a tax holiday for global companies to get them to bring back home more than $1 trillion in profits they're keeping overseas. he says businesses would start hiring, even though they didn't when a tax holiday was tried in 2004. >> when it happened last time, it didn't. >> right. >> so there's plenty of evidence that says that i'm not right about that. in other words, do i know how many jobs it's going to create? i don't. but it can't intellectually be any good to anybody to have $1.2 trillion outside the u.s. >> shouldn't american corporations--don't they have some kind of civic responsibility to create jobs? no? >> my name is not above the door. i work for investors. investors want to see us grow earnings and cash flow. they want to see us be competitive. they want to see